# Russian ballistic attacks intensify as Kyiv claims advance in Dnipropetrovsk

https://mins.news/en/item/22098

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-14 11:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/14/ukraine-liberates-dnipropetrovsk-as-russia-intensifies-missile-attacks?traffic_source=rss

> Ukraine says it has retaken 26 settlements and 745 square kilometres in southern Dnipropetrovsk this year, while Russian drone and ballistic or hypersonic missile strikes on Kyiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia have intensified, killing at least nine people. Kyiv says Patriot interceptor stocks are exhausted as Russia expands ballistic-missile production.

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